On Sep 20, 1:50 pm, Ken Fortenberry
wrote:
mdk77 wrote:
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I wondered if it would ever be possible for folks to just "agree to
disagree" more on this board? I know there will be daily
disagreements over stuff. You find that on most every message board.
But it would be neat if folks could keep disagreements from getting so
escalated that it detracts from the great fishing content and advice
here. ...

No, it's not really possible. Any disagreement, no matter how
politely voiced, will always be seen as a "personal attack" by
His Loony Mikeness, and when His Loony Mikeness decides he's
been the target of a personal attack, whether he has or not, he
goes on a psycho posting frenzy. So long as His Loony Mikeness
posts to roff everyone must agree that His Loony Mikeness is the
world's foremost authority on all things fly fishing and any
other opinion is a personal attack against His Loony Mikeness.
It's been this way for years around here. Get used to it.

--
Ken Fortenberry

You're probably right. But I figure it takes two to argue. If one
person disagrees, and states why he disagrees -- and then refuses to
go on-and-on, then the disagreement ends there. Folks can read the
thread (and both opinions) and decide what to do with the
information. Sometimes I just try some of the things suggested. Like
that "shooting head" suggestion (man, I won't even mention ANY names
of who-said-what-to-whom on that thread), but I just tried it out
myself to see what worked for me. It didn't matter to me as far as
who "liked the idea" and who "didn't like the idea"....I figured I'd
just try it myself, and "for me" it worked fine. It was a nice, low-
cost solution to help me fish under certain conditions. But it wasn't
a big deal like "who was smarter" and "who was wrong". Both sides had
great input (when you cut through all of the animosity that went back
and forth).

In the end this forum is best for getting information to fishermen.
Not about who is right or wrong. And hey, we ALL get steamed and blow
our cork on some issues. So I understand there are times, hey, people
are going to argue. It just detracts from the forum here. It
wouldn't hurt any of us to calm down a bit more. Just my 2-cents
worth as a "new guy" on the forum (or kind of new....one year
anniversary here).